Salt Lake Telegram | 1909-01-20 | Page 7 | Gotch and Turk to Meet in London

I GOTCH AND TURK TO MEET ET I IN LONDON CHICAGO Jan Ian 20 Cb Chicago Chicago lovers ers of the wrestling game cam it now appears w will JJ be deprived of W witnessing tho the much a advertised wrestling ma match matoh t h between be Lt tween Mahmout and Prank Frank Gotch th the worlds world a heavy ha woi weight ht oham- oham I pion Unless Jo Joe Coffey and his copartners co partners of the Empire Athletic club lub can lan raise tho purse o offered by 1 B. B Martinelli Mar Mar- I the tho match most likely will go o to England Pierre m manager of I tho the Turk yesterday received erl a letter from front Mart n a a wrestling promoter of London offering a H purse of 2500 about 1 GOO for a match math between Mahmout and Gotch the tho math match to beheld be bo I held some seine time tints in March h in England Martinelli l is well known in wrestling circles on th the other sir side and Pierre im immediately tnt tnt- mediately answered a that as soon poon as Gotch will win post his forfeit bo be will hurry back baek to England with Mahmout Kansas City has haa been heen a t mecca for forthe forthe the has signed Mahmout to wrestle Raoul do Rouen the giant I Frenchman The Tho match is slated for next Tuesday night and on Monday n ni night ht Mahmout lahm wrestles n a handicap i with Jet lesso so at Des Moines Momes Iowa I Tho The proposed match with Gotch in in England will likely deprive Chicagoans from sein seeing Mahmout in action in tho future